Always Be Watching

This week on the Always Be Watching pod:

*Chris tells us about the new Tim & Eric comedy Beef House on Adult Swim

*Dan tries to explain what new streaming service Quibi is all about

*Chris checks in with the second season of Lego Masters Australia

*Dan talks about Brew Brothers - the new Netflix comedy from the creator of The League

Then it is week 2 of ongoing trivia competition: The TV Masters.

Please note: We're still trying to settle on the best way for us to record the podcast with the two of us isolated in different locations. So, there's a few minor sound plops and ploops in this episode.

Is there a bigger show right now than Tiger King? Chris offers his thoughts.

Can a movie tug at heartstrings better than a Pixar film? Dan talks about new film Onward.

Is Bosch the ultimate Dad show?

Oh, and Dan and Chris start their competition with round one of their new trivia competition The 2020 Television Masters.

This week on Always Be Watching it is just Dan with a microphone, some stuff he's been watching on Netflix, and a sense of existential unease.

Both The Platform and the Marc Maron special End Times Fun are streaming now on Netflix.

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This week on Always Be Watching it is just Dan with a microphone, some stuff he's been watching on Netflix, and a sense of existential unease.

Both The Platform and the Marc Maron special End Times Fun are streaming now on Netflix.

Recorded in the undisclosed Always Be Watching bunker is the Always Be Watching podcast. We've disinfected the remote control this week as we sit around with our masks and gloves on.

This week:

11:55 Paradise PD (Netflix)

21:18 Devs (US: FX on Hulu | AUS: Foxtel)

29:54 Ugly Delicious (Netflix)

37:16 Amazing Stories (Apple TV+)

We've been doing some watching. Of TV. Movies. Cute girls. Trains. Birds. Lots of things. But on this podcast we talk about telly shows and movies specifically. We're talking about the following. Listed in no particular order:

I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix)

New UK comedy Breeders (FX/Sky/Foxtel)

New Australian drama Stateless (ABC)

New American comedy AJ and The Queen (Netflix)

Lego Masters USA (Fox) - a British format adapted for the US and based on a Danish interlocking brick toy.

This is Always Be Watching - the cultural melting pot of TV podcasting.

What an episode! Chris talks about TV! Dan talks about TV! They both talk about TV!

Who would have ever thought that the Always Be Watching podcast would actually reach 50 episodes? Certainly nobody who has ever listened to it.

This week Dan and Chris are excited to chat about:

Letterkenny (Netflix) - 02:46

High Fidelity (Hulu) - 12:39

Locke & Key (Netflix) - 21:32

Call of The Wild (a movie) - 29:26

Hunters (Amazon Prime Video) - 37:10

Thanks for listening!

Here's what you need to know about this episode:

• Dan talks about Birds of Prey and The Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (in cinemas now), but really wishes he had instead talked about the film Little Women (which is also still in cinemas and is really f*%&ing good).

• Chris talks about a Netflix cheerleading show called Cheer. This is unrelated to the TV show Cheers, which is very off-brand for this podcast. How good is Cheers?

• Dan watched the new Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet which has the worst name for a TV show ever, but it is in the top third of shows ever. This is keeping in mind that most shows are, in fact, terrible.

• Chris mentions a show called Great Australian Trail Journeys on SBS/SBS On Demand - the show doesn't exist. But there is a show called Great Australian RAILWAY Journeys that sounds staggeringly similar.

• There's no chapter breaks this week because I've spent time doing them for the past couple of episodes and they haven't showed up - I don't understand why just yet.

If Always Be Watching proves anything, we're eclectic.

This week we have a really broad range of shows (and a movie)

Hip Hop Evolution (season 4) - Chris dips back in to see where the Netflix show is up to with its fourth season

Ragnarok - Dan takes a look at the new Scandi drama from Adam Price. He's the fellow who made Borgen.

The Stranger - This is a long lost show from the 60s that is described as the Australian Doctor Who.

Uncut Gems - We take a look at the critically lauded Adam Sandler movie.